Atlasart
Residency programme for artists of Moroccan nationality
The programme
Atlasarts is a research and creative residency programme for Moroccan artists, which aims to encourage and facilitate their mobility and to expand their professional and artistic networks internationally.
About
8 residencies per year
3-month residencies
Programme established in 1993
Eligibility criteria
- Be an artist of Moroccan nationality, with no age limit;
- Have been pursuing a professional artistic career for at least three years or hold a qualification from an arts training institution;
- Be an artist working in one of the following fields: visual arts, digital arts, film, the performing arts (music, performance, playwriting, directing, dance and choreography), or writing;
- Be able to take time off from all professional activities for the entire duration of the residency;
- Have a basic knowledge of French and/or a sufficient command of English.
The partners of this programme :
The Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication formulates and implements the Moroccan Government’s policy in the fields of youth, culture and communication. In this capacity, it works to promote and enhance cultural heritage and artistic activities, to develop the cultural and creative industries, and to support the production and dissemination of cultural content.
The mission of the Institut français du Maroc (IFM) is to strengthen and promote cultural exchanges between France and Morocco. A multi-disciplinary cultural hub, the IFM is both a center for teaching the French language and a venue for disseminating it, as well as a cultural partner and platform for artistic exchange. It is active in all areas of knowledge, the French language, knowledge and the arts.
Their ambition is to bring the most contemporary French and French-speaking culture to everyone, to provoke unprecedented artistic encounters between Moroccan and French artists, to welcome singular and daring projects, to support the local professional scene and to question the ever-fertile relationships between two countries with strong artistic and intellectual traditions.
